Community conversation #35: Institutionalizing anticipatory action in Sri Lanka

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Anticipatory action has progressed rapidly in Sri Lanka. In 2022, the first pilot project began testing this approach for floods and landslides in Nuwara Eliya; just three years later, there are now many more initiatives under way across the country, and for a broadening range of hazards.  

This community conversation will be an opportunity to hear from some of the people behind this success. They will outline the factors that helped to bring the country’s anticipatory action on board, and how they managed to bring government actors on board. There will also be time to discuss which of these success factors are applicable to other countries looking to establish this approach at the national level.